{"id":632195,"date":"2026-04-27T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/632195\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T16:04:08","slug":"washington-capitals-to-part-ways-with-assistant-coach-kirk-muller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/632195\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Capitals to part ways with assistant coach Kirk Muller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/washington-capitals\/15\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/washington-capitals\/15\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Capitals<\/a> will not be retaining the services of assistant coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/kirk-muller\/8449740\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/kirk-muller\/8449740\" target=\"_blank\">Kirk Muller<\/a>, the team announced in a statement on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Muller\u2019s contract was set to expire in the off-season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Senior vice president &amp; general manager Chris Patrick issued the following statement regarding assistant coach Kirk Muller, whose contract is set to expire in June 2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CW38VaXI0b\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/CW38VaXI0b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Washington Capitals (@Capitals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Capitals\/status\/2048783023655489632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 60-year-old Kirk has worked as an assistant coach with the power-play unit since the beginning of the 2023-24 season. That was the latest stop in a coaching career that has included jobs with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/montreal-canadiens\/8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/montreal-canadiens\/8\" target=\"_blank\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/nashville-predators\/18\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/nashville-predators\/18\" target=\"_blank\">Nashville Predators<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/calgary-flames\/20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/calgary-flames\/20\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Flames<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Muller spent three seasons as the head coach of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/carolina-hurricanes\/12\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/carolina-hurricanes\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>, from 2011-14. The team went 80-80-27 in those three seasons and did not make the playoffs in any of the three years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cKirk has expressed his desire to explore other opportunities within the National Hockey League, and we respect and support his decision,\u201d Capitals general manager Chris Patrick said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe thank Kirk for his dedication, professionalism, and the many contributions he made during his three years with our organization. He is an experienced and highly-respected coach whose work ethic, leadership, and commitment to player development had a meaningful impact on our team both on and off the ice. We wish him and his family all the best in the next chapter of his career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Capitals missed the playoffs this season after finishing 43-30-9, with their 95 points the most of any team who did not qualify for the postseason.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Washington Capitals will not be retaining the services of assistant coach Kirk Muller, the team announced in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":632196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[712,49,48,448,82,113867],"class_list":["post-632195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nhl","tag-sports","tag-washington-capitals-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-15"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}